George

George brought six claims against his former employer, Pacifie-CSC Work Furlough Facility a/k/a Pacific Placement Facility (Pacific). The first two were federal pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983 . The district court ordered George to amend these claims to allege recognizable state action. George failed to do so within the specified time period, and the court dismissed the two federal claims on the pleadings. It declined to exercise jurisdiction over the remaining four state law claims. George appeals from the dismissal. The district court exercised jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. §§ 1331 and 1343. We have jurisdiction over this timely appeal pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1291 . We affirm.

I.

Pacific Placement, a private entity, contracted with the County of San Diego to operate a correctional facility. In December 1992, Pacific Placement hired George as a custodial staff officer. The next month, George enrolled in the “Correction Officer Basic Core Course.” As a result of the training he received, George alleges he became aware of numerous safety and security violations at Pacific Placement. He discussed these problems in class, but his Pacific supervisors allegedly ordered him to stop or…